Everytime I remember the foreign aid cut I'm just so angry. It's the thing I will never forgive this government for above all else.

Joel’s right and it’s part of how parochial the British political class has become that hardly anyone says this, and that hardly anyone points out that Labour’s ODA cuts have literally killed people.

youtu.be/VTSCppeFzX4?... So this is your argument.

The ‘best’ thing about these stories is the way the people involved never seem to reflect for a nanosecond on how absolutely shit things must be for everyone on a fraction of their income.

Absolute nightmare fuel

every time someone's like Claude deleted this or Claude convinced a teen to kill themselves I picture a mischievous french guy

A letter writing campaign to write to MPs to oppose ADF attacking parkrun and trans sports!

A Reform UK Senedd election candidate has been mocked after blasting Wales’ 20mph ‘blanket’ speed limit while filming a campaign video on a road with a 50mph limit ✍️Emily Price

well maybe you shouldn't have started a war in which they discovered that they were capable of doing this without you being able to stop them then

I've been thinking about this piece (and the broader push by some on the right to restrict autism diagnoses) for a day now, and I guess I just don't understand what the end goal is. "I thought I was autistic. I was wrong." I mean, if you feel that way, okay, but... why does it matter?

i had the best time making these silly little pelicans this weekend 🤩 i present: ✨The Pelifont✨

an interesting thing about this phenomenon a) leftist journalists are also prone to it b) the British have developed some kind of at least partial immunity

Fascinating report and I would strongly recommend digging into it - but these sections stood out. I've a longstanding view that atomisation/loneliness is driving the radical right - and this seems to suggest that may be the case. Building third spaces and proactive engagement part of the solution

A number of music stars were amongst more than a thousand people who turned out for a vigil held in memory of the son of a Welsh musician who was killed in a London park - including Suggs from Madness who led the crowd in an emotional rendition of It Must Be Love

This warms my heart so much I could almost think I'm having a hot flash. Not just liveable cities advocacy, but a very clever (& correct) pun on councillor/counsellor!

You know the best feeling? Sometimes liberal friends or policy friends or university friends interact with my political 'woke' posts on social media. It makes me smile when people I knew in high school do it. Most I've barely spoken to since - but it is a moment of solidarity across the miles ✊️

W/O downloading anything new, where are you mentally?

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli.

This is Tango. She wants you to know this isn't what it looks like. Doesn't know what else it could be yet, but she's working on that. 12/10 obviously innocent (IG: eyes_on_tango)

A Labour MP is to push for a cap on domestic political donations Last month, the government announced a £100k cap on political donations by individuals based overseas However, @alexsobel.co.uk plans to amend the Representation of the People Bill in the hope that ministers will agree to go further

Read more about our campaign with nearly 150 feminist and LGBTQ+ organisations to protect inclusive spaces from 'gender critical' lawfare www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

🚨 Will you help us keep the ADF out of our communities? The American anti-abortion group is coming for parkrun over trans people's participation. This is another example of inclusive spaces needing protection from lawfare. We have to fight back. Write to your MP now and share: protectparkrun.uk

No one will be surprised. The ADF are anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage, and anti-rights. Now they are importing their campaign to the UK and going after parkrun over trans inclusion. Write to your MP here: share.nwmd.social/s/CWl2YrmU

truth coming out of her cup noodles to shame mankind

Happy Lesbian Visibility Day! We stand in solidarity with our lesbian siblings, team members and supporters! #LesbianVisibilityDay #Solidarity #LGBTQIA

Kind of a perfect metaphor for the media and the role they've played over the last ten years

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are set to launch a joint hydropower plant with a capacity of nearly 2,000 MW. ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/XfpT

It's amazing how you can just change a word and it's basically the same exact thing they've been saying about trans people. And this is after years of them saying autistic people are vulnerable and therefore need to be protected from transitioning. Now they're saying being autistic is a lie as well.

They're doing the detransition thing but with autism now.

Why does the biggest vice-chancellor not simply eat the smaller vice-chancellors?

It's not just me entertaining the possibility - and only the *possibility* - of Labour doing less disastrously in London than some expect, here's ex-BBC London political editor Tim Donovan doing the same: www.onlondon.co.uk/tim-donovan-.... @robfordmancs.bsky.social @stephenkb.bsky.social #london

Agree with this: the polling is bleak but doesnt reflect the difficulty, especially for newer surging parties without a campaign structure, of getting out the vote on the day. How many Green and Reform supporters will wake up on Friday and say "oh that was yesterday?"

Less than a week to go ⬇️ DM to join!

This is why it's important authors read a lot, Murakami has no idea this has been done already

A prominent Reform UK Senedd election candidate who previously threatened to involve the police over vandalised campaign signs, posed with a destroyed Liberal Democrat placard during a drunken night out ✍️ @emilypricejourno.bsky.social nation.cymru/news/reform-...

The assisted dying bill has now officially run out of time and will not pass. The debate has finished, for now.

I'm going to assume this is because a campaigner has used an English-centric leaflet template for the locals here. Big oops.

Welsh Conservative candidate Natasha Asghar has been sending out leaflets telling Welsh voters they will need ID to vote. To be clear, this is not true. YOU DO NOT NEED ID TO VOTE IN THE SENEDD ELECTION. Voter ID disproportionally prevents poorer people from voting.

Transphobia is always gender policing and the gender policing never stops with trans people

Women (who of course are best defined by their reproductive anatomy) are the only ones biologically designed to raise children. This is the feminist position.

Welcome to the gays just tuning in! It was never just the T they were interested in!

Trawling trailcams for wolf reference pics. But never mind that. For your consideration: this moose.

FGEN Announces: Councillor Pledge for LGBTQ+ Rights In the run up to local elections across the UK, FGEN is calling on candidates to sign this pledge letter affirming their support for LGBTQ+ rights and opposing efforts to roll them back. 1/2

Well now I am worried

It's illegal not to say "big stretch" after your pet does a big stretch. Sorry, I don't make the rules.

Well done VA!

Jewish Germans Toni and Charlotte were among the first trans femmes to access gender-affirming surgery. They fell in love, fled the Nazis before being arrested at the height of the war. A powerful story from our first ever Trans+ History Week 🏳️‍⚧️ www.wearequeeraf.com/the-jewish-t...

Its hard to draw little mari at the moment (so she looks a little wonky). Here she is giving rubs to the poor dragon who St. George targets.